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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Mary's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Frampton

Historical Forms

  • 'the church of Frampton' 1350,1376 Pat

Etymology

, built late 15th cent. , so references to 'the church of Frampton '1350, 1376 Pat perhaps belong to an earlier building on the site or at the former priory S of R . Frome , cf. Frampton Court, Church Bottom supra .